Crime News

Last week Trinity Washington University president Patricia McGuire reminded an audience of 2,000 people at the school’s winter graduation that three women are now running Washington D.C. The audience erupted in applause.

Jan E. Helen consented to a FINRA sanction and to the entry of findings that he refused to appear for FINRA testimony in connection with an investigation into his possible conversion or misuse of investor funds.

An independent review of the City of Aurora's response to the Century 16 Theater shooting offers 80 recommendations for improvement, but it also concludes the outcome "could not have been better in terms of lives saved and rapid arrest."

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson came under attack Tuesday from members of Congress, who questioned her leadership of the agency after a man climbed over the White House fence and made it all the way inside the president's residence before being apprehended.

When Preet Anand moved to a new neighborhood in Silicon Valley, he learned about a gas leak in his neighborhood — not from the local newspaper — but from the social network, Nextdoor. Like a virtual bulletin board, Nextdoor allows neighbors to post about neighborhood crime, recommend babysitters or invite people to a neighborhood barbeque.